20+ Festive Sweet Treats For Christmas Dessert Tray Ideas
These Christmas Dessert Tray Ideas are perfect for holiday parties, cookie exchanges, and homemade food gifts! From festive Christmas cookies and chocolate truffles to sweet and salty pretzel bites and easy no-bake treats, there’s something delicious for everyone to enjoy!
Easy Rolo Pretzel Bites
This popular Easy Rolo Pretzel Bites recipe with M&M candy is one of the best snacks or treats for the holidays. Pretzel bites are alway a hit at holiday parties featuring a crunchy pretzel base, gooey melted Rolo, with festive Christmas M&M’s and sprinkles on top!
Easy Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Glaze
These tasty treats, Easy Cinnamon Roll Cookies with Glaze have traditional cinnamon roll flavours in a delicious soft cookie. Perfectly crispy on the outside, this soft cinnamon roll cookie recipe is also a perfectly spiced cookie that is always a hit!
Gingerbread Cupcakes With Caramel Buttercream Frosting
These gingerbread cupcakes with caramel buttercream are the ultimate holiday treat! Warm spices, rich molasses, and a swirl of creamy caramel frosting make them perfect for Christmas parties, bake sales, or a sweet addition to your holiday dessert table.
Checkerboard & Swirl Shortbread Cookies | She’s Not Cookin’
These attractive Checkerboard Shortbread Cookies are easier to make than you might think! The leftover dough can be made into Chocolate and Vanilla Swirls. A tasty Christmas treat!
Peppermint Meltaways
These little Peppermint Meltaway Cookies are named because they literally melt away in your mouth as you bite into them.
Grandma’s Shortbread
Take a bite into this melt-in-your-mouth Grandma’s Shortbread recipe, that has only four ingredients and no chilling required. An easy buttery shortbread recipe for your holiday Christmas baking tray! These really are the best old-fashioned shortbread cookies, just like your grandma made.
Glazed Fruitcake Shortbread Cookies
These fruitcake shortbread cookies combine butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and flour to make one delicious cookie!
Crockpot Nut Clusters | She’s Not Cookin’
These Crockpot Nut Clusters are a simple, no-fuss holiday treat made right in your slow cooker! With layers of creamy chocolate and crunchy nuts, each piece is a perfect mix of sweet and salty. Great for gifting or sharing at holiday gatherings, this candy is an easy way to spread some festive cheer!
Cranberry Bliss Bars (Starbucks Copycat)
This popular Starbucks Copycat Cranberry Bliss Bars recipe, filled with holiday flavors is one of the most irresistible treats for autumn or the festive season. Starbucks bliss bars perfectly balance sweet and tart, with a moist chewy blondie, tart dried cranberries, white chocolate pieces and a luscious cream cheese frosting!
Chocolate Peppermint Blossom Cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Blossom Cookies are quick and easy to make and perfect for a cookie exchange or holiday cookie platter. Peppermint Hershey’s Kisses or candy cane Kisses are pressed into a warm, sugar-coated chocolate cookie.
Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
So easy to make, these Butter Blossom Cookies are rich, with a buttery peanut butter burst of flavour in every bite!
Miniature Christmas Fruitcakes
If you love fruitcake, then you’re going to love these miniature Christmas fruitcakes. Enjoy a traditional English fruitcake flavours in a recipe that is easy and comes together quickly. This recipe makes a large batch and freezes well for holiday baking trays.
Peppermint Crunch Graham Crackers | She’s Not Cookin’
Easy Peppermint Crunch Graham Crackers made with graham squares dipped in chocolate and topped with crushed peppermint. A simple no bake holiday treat perfect for gifting and cookie trays.
Peppermint Truffles With Cream Cheese
These Peppermint Truffles With Cream Cheese are creamy, sweet, and full of festive flavor! Made with cream cheese, powdered sugar, white chocolate, and crushed candy canes, they’re a no-bake holiday treat that’s as beautiful as it is delicious.
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies | She’s Not Cookin’
Christmas Pinwheel Cookies with festive red, green and white swirls and colorful sprinkles. A buttery, fun Christmas cookie perfect for holiday baking.
Holiday Caramel Pecan Clusters | She’s Not Cookin’
Easy Holiday Caramel Pecan Clusters with chocolate, caramel, and festive sprinkles. Perfect Christmas candy recipe for gifts or dessert trays.
7 Layer Cranberry Magic Bars | She’s Not Cookin’
This easy dessert recipe takes less than one hour to make from start to finish. It’s the perfect holiday dessert recipe.
Easy Gingerbread Cookies Recipe | She’s Not Cookin’
No Christmas dessert tray is complete without classic gingerbread cookies! With their warm holiday spices and festive shapes, these old-fashioned Christmas cookies are a nostalgic favorite that’s perfect for sharing with family and friends.
Easy Christmas Pretzel Hugs | She’s Not Cookin’
This fun Easy Christmas Pretzel Hugs recipe with only 3 ingredients is a classic holiday snack for parties or family gatherings. The salty, crunchy pretzels compliments the smooth, creamy Hershey Hug candy, while the red and green M&M candy add a festive, yummy touch.
Rum Balls
Rum Balls are a perfect bite-sized popular holiday treat, with a rich chocolate cake-like texture and a warm boozy kick from the rum. These easy-to-make no bake rum balls are decorated to impress any guests after a holiday dinner and are one of the most sought-after cherished holiday food gifts to receive.
Ricotta Cookies
Soft and cake-like, these Ricotta Cookies are easy to make and delicious any time of year! In as little as 10 minutes prep time you can be enjoying these delicious soft melt in your mouth Italian cookies that will keep you coming back for more.
Sugar Cookie Truffles (3 Ingredients)
These show-stopper Sugar Cookie Truffles (3 Ingredients) look like a fine chocolatier made them. Little will your holiday guests know that you made these easy truffles with sugar cookies in 10 minutes in your own kitchen.
Chocolate Christmas Reindeer Bark
This easy Chocolate Christmas Reindeer Bark recipe is a delicious festive treat to enjoy during the holiday season. The fun mix of the milk chocolate with sweet M&M’s and the salty pretzel toppings makes a delightful chocolate Christmas bark with contrasting textures and flavors.
Easy Crockpot Candy (3 Ingredients) | She’s Not Cookin’
Making this 3-ingredient Crockpot Candy is as easy as tossing ingredients in the crockpot, letting it slow cook, and indulging in a delightful chocolate treat perfect for holiday fun.
Easy Christmas Bark Recipe
This Easy Christmas Bark Recipe combines delicious layers of graham crackers, chocolate, marshmallows, M&M candies and holiday sprinkles creating an irresistible treat. It’s a perfect festive treat to share at Christmas parties or great for gifting and bake sales.
Pecan Pie Bark
Pecan Pie Bark is an irresistible holiday treat that combines the buttery crunch of toffee
Reindeer Rolo Pretzels
These easy to make adorable Reindeer Rolo Pretzels recipe shaped like the famous reindeer are delightful holiday treats for Christmas parties or gatherings. With M&M candy for a reindeer button nose they make delicious whimsical sweet and salty treats for the holiday platter.
Rolo Pretzel Turtles (3-Ingredients)
This easy and delicious Rolo Pretzel Turtles with pecans recipe is a popular holiday treats to serve a crowd at a Christmas party. One of the easiest 3 ingredient holiday treats you can make with salty pretzels, sweet caramel Rolos and crunchy pecans!
Christmas Rolo Pretzel Sandwiches
This cute Christmas Rolo Pretzels Sandwiches recipe is a perfect combination of sweet, salty and crunchy for an irresistible holiday party snack. Salty pretzels are sandwiched between a delicious Rolo candy and decorated with chocolate and sprinkles for a fun festive flair.
No Bake Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies
So quick and easy to make, these sweet, No Bake Peanut Butter Balls with Rice Krispies are the perfect accompaniment for a holiday baking tray or any festive occasion!
